THE ITMO UNIVERSITY STUDENT CODE

Being provided with the essential conditions for receiving education with regard to their psychophysical development and health, including help from social specialists, psychological counselling, and free psychological, medical and pedagogical correction.

Freedom in what has to do with designing their individual learning track (choosing the essential content of their professional education) that would account for their needs, goals and interests. The individual learning track is structured around several core elements.

Changing the educational organization, educational program or specialization.

Transfer from tuition-based to tuition-free education.

Participation in academic mobility contests, in educational events and research internships in Russia and abroad.

Participation in scholarship contests depending on their educational format and the criteria of a scholarship program, getting other financial aid.

Students are provided with measures of social support and encouragement in accordance with the procedures and on the grounds stipulated in the current legislation of the Russian Federation.

Getting incentive for achievements in educational, athletic, sports, social, scientific, research and development, creative, experimental, and innovative activities.

Participation in the ITMO.STUDENTS Student Council and acting for and on behalf of the University's students, actualization of student initiatives, participation in the management of the University.

Creating a student club or joining an existing club. Activities of student clubs can be aimed at intellectual, creative, social, physical, and professional development.

Participation in public associations, including professional unions, established in accordance with the government of the Russian Federation, as well as creating public associations of students.

Attending events that take place at the University and are not part of their curriculum.

Students have the opportunity to join sport clubs and participate in sports festivals and tournaments.

Students’ activities can be counted as credits for the completion of an educational program.

Putting forth proposals on infrastructural development and business processes optimization. For the purpose of putting forth proposals, students can address the Student Services Office or University’s administration.

Respect of human dignity, protection from all forms of physical and psychological violence, insults, protection of life and health.

Participation in research, technical, experimental, and innovative activities of the University, work at the University’s research laboratories under the guidance of its faculty, participation in research and development projects, participation in project teams, work as a staff member of the University’s administrative units, as a mentor, participation in the University’s acceleration project.

Students can make the decision to defend their graduation thesis in non-classic formats.

Use of the infrastructure of the University’s Yagodnoe sports and recreation center, and other cultural and sports facilities of the University.

An academic leave as well as maternity leave, a parental leave until their child reaches the age of three.

Readmission to the University.

Getting a room at the University’s dormitories.

Deferment from the draft for the citizens of the Russian Federation

The University assists students with the essential documents for getting deferment from the draft and compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on military registration.

Breaks that are planned breaks in the educational process for rest and other social activities in accordance with the educational schedule of the University.

Using library and information resources free of charge, in accordance with the ITMO Library Rules.

Combining study and work if that does not hinder the educational process and completion of the individual learning track.

Getting information on employment in the Russian Federation for their chosen profession, specialization and program tracks. Students can get such information at ITMO’s Career Center.

Appealing against University enactments and enquiring about education at the University, including issues associated with the quality of the educational process.

Students can address their inquiries at the Center for Educational Management and Quality Assurance, the Student Services Office, their faculty, institute, cluster, and/or the University’s administration, as well as make use of the feedback form at student.itmo.ru, Questions and Proposals form at itmo.ru, or their personal page in ISU.

Diligently pursue their educational program, meet the requirements of the curriculum (individual learning track).

Eliminate academic backlog. Special committees are organized for the purpose of conducting interim reassessment.

Comply with the requirements of ITMO University Charter, this Code, and other local regulations of the University on the issues of organization and conduct of educational activities.

Pay for their living space at the dormitory and utilities in a timely manner, and comply with the terms of the lease agreement, as well as the Regulation on ITMO University campus.

Treat the University’s property with care. It is forbidden to destroy, break, steal, and/or misappropriate the University’s property. In case of any material damage to the University’s property, students have to reimburse it in accordance with the civil legislation of the Russian Federation.

Comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation and the University’s local rules and regulations when using intellectual property of the University and third parties.

Never use in their educational activities and research such forms of student misconduct as plagiarism, paraphrasing, cheating, falsification of research results, misappropriation of the results of others, including commissioned or reimbursed ones.

Cite works of other researchers in the volume justified by citation purpose, with a mandatory statement of the author’s name and citation source.

The independent nature of the completion of graduation theses is established in accordance with the Regulation on the verification on graduate theses of ITMO University students with the help of the Antiplagiat system, the independence in the completion of dissertations of PhD students is established in accordance with the Regulation on the verification of the independence of the completion of dissertations of PhD students.

Not to use the name, symbols, trademarks, and other labels of the University for commercial, advertising, and political purposes without getting the University’s written consent for such use in advance.

Students have the right of freedom of thought, conscience, information, right to freedom of opinion and expression.

When communicating with other people, as well as in public space, including on the internet, students are forbidden to:

• make violent, aggressive, offensive actions or statements,

• commit actions or make statements that discredit the honor, dignity and business reputation of the University, its faculty, administration, and other students,

• sexually harass others in any form, including evidently undesired advances, physical contact without mutual consent, sexually colored remarks, insinuations, gestures, orany other actions,

• use explicit language,

• spread information that cannot be spread without leading to criminal, civil, or administrative charges.

Students commit to be respectful of the religious views, customs and feelings of others, and refrain from offending religious views and feelings of others, discourage disturbances, violence, and\or criminal acts.

Students commit to adhere to business correspondence standards when communicating with the University’s faculty and officials or other students via email.

Students are forbidden to perform actions aimed at the incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity on the grounds of their gender, race, nationality, language, background, attitude towards religion, affiliation with any social category, and are forbidden to promote extremist activities.

Students are forbidden to wear outwear at the University buildings if the cloakrooms are open, wear cut-offs, tank tops, miniskirts, flip-flops.

Students are forbidden to wear, at the University's territory and buildings, including dormitories, clothing with extremist patches or tags and/or slogans that incite ethnic or racial hatred, explicit images, explicit or offensive messages regardless of the language.

Students commit to adhere to the common uniform when attending training sessions at the Military Department’s training center.